October 2021

South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss peace efforts

The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has made a fresh attempt to have Pope Francis visit North Korea, at a meeting at the Vatican where the two leaders discussed peace efforts, President Jae-in gave Pop Francis one of 136 crosses created with barbed wire from a fence in the demilitarised zone, the division across the […]

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Bomb Explosion in Nakaseke Claims the lives of two Children

The incident hardly come a week after the two bombings in Kampala and Komamboga living several and claiming lives of two people, “A jackfruit-like explosive given to children in Ssegalye village, Semuto sub-county, Nakaseke district, instantly kills Kiwuuwa Pius a physically handicapped child & Kiyingi Micheal age 14 who were playing with another child Odong.”

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Russia Renews Cybersurveillance Operation Months after Biden’s Sanctions

Microsoft’s officials and cybersecurity experts warned earlier this Sunday that Russia’s intelligence agency had launched another campaign to pierce thousands of computer networks, this is only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of spy operations it had conducted around the world.  

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Pakistan Foreign minister’s first visit since the Taliban takeover

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi traveled to Kabul to discuss the situation at the Chaman border crossing and to solve border issues affecting movement and trade, one of the main trade transit points between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The crossing has been closed for weeks now causing severe damage to exporters.

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One killed and five injured in recent bomb attack at a bar in Kampala

Police spokesman Fred Enanga said the bombers ordered food and drinks at the bar, before placing a plastic bag under a table, suggesting the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device chance flagging it as an ‘act of domestic terrorism’. The explosion went off moments after they left. President Yoweri Museveni on Twitter said 

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Afghanistan to face humanitarian disasters without urgent humanitarian relief

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP), revealed that the lives, livelihoods and access to food for 22.8 million people will be severely impacted due to the combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan. The FAO in Afghanistan said on Twitter  that “Half of Afghanistan’s population face acute

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Europe’s energy crisis: Soaring electricity prices put strain on cement factory

Company directors at Spain’s largest cement factory on the outskirts of Madrid are considering shutting down production as electricity prices surge across Europe. Luis Herrers, Cementos Portland’s operations director said “Because the cost of electricity has shot up 300 per cent, and above all, we have crossed a red line, which is that our production

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High Inflation: Some taxpayers destined to feel the pinch of tax provisions that don’t change as prices rise

Inflation is about to ripple through the tax code—and the nation’s hodgepodge of tax provisions means some people will be hurt and some won’t. Every year, the tax code requires the IRS to adjust dozens of provisions for inflation based on changes in consumer prices. The agency is likely to announce the 2022 figures in

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